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Latest post Wed, Apr 20 2005 10:06 PM by meantolearn. 1 replies.
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meantolearn  +  91984 Wed, 20 Apr 05 10:06 PM
"whole roasted chicken at your table"

What does 'at your table' mean? Can it be replaced with 'on your table'?

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abbie1948  +  92012 Wed, 20 Apr 05 11:24 PM
can you provide the rest of the sentence, MTL? It sounds like an ad. for a reaturant, where they "serve a whole roasted chicken at your table"

If this is the case, it would not actually be served on your table, but on a side table placed there for the purpose, so it is served AT your table ('beside')

The prepostion "at" means, amongst other things, presence or occurrence in, ON or near
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Hope that helps. Abbie
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